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AAT vs. AKR, BDN, BXP, CUZ, DEI, HIW, KRC, PDM, SLG, and VNO

Should you be buying American Assets Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Assets Trust include Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), BXP (BXP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

American Assets Trust vs. Its Competitors

Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Acadia Realty Trust. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Realty Trust$386.07M6.83$21.65M$0.16125.72
American Assets Trust$457.86M2.75$72.82M$1.1617.76

In the previous week, Acadia Realty Trust and Acadia Realty Trust both had 5 articles in the media. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Acadia Realty Trust's score of 1.43 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Acadia Realty Trust
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Assets Trust
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Assets Trust pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Acadia Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and American Assets Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Acadia Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.29%. American Assets Trust has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.48%. Given Acadia Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Acadia Realty Trust is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acadia Realty Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
American Assets Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 16.26% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of 5.31%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 6.47% beat Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acadia Realty Trust5.31% 0.79% 0.45%
American Assets Trust 16.26%6.47%2.34%

Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Acadia Realty Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AAT vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Assets TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.26B$12.34B$12.53B$21.30B
Dividend Yield6.51%4.50%5.42%3.49%
P/E Ratio17.7632.45230.6729.44
Price / Sales2.757.2331.8364.30
Price / Cash6.8516.2019.0618.29
Price / Book1.112.972.345.30
Net Income$72.82M$303.64M$1.01B$998.51M
7 Day Performance-1.29%-0.99%0.12%0.12%
1 Month Performance9.48%1.86%3.71%5.76%
1 Year Performance-22.91%-6.70%542.66%14.89%

American Assets Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.6563 of 5 stars
$20.60
-1.3%
$20.50
-0.5%
-22.5%$1.26B$457.86M17.76220Positive News
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.6533 of 5 stars
$20.02
-0.2%
$25.00
+24.9%
-11.9%$2.62B$359.69M125.10120News Coverage
Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.0696 of 5 stars
$4.27
+1.1%
$5.00
+17.2%
-16.0%$739.96M$505.52M-2.27330News Coverage
Positive News
BXP
BXP
2.9804 of 5 stars
$72.63
+1.3%
$76.73
+5.6%
-0.8%$11.48B$3.41B2,421.84780
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.0183 of 5 stars
$29.48
+1.0%
$32.40
+9.9%
+3.8%$4.95B$856.76M79.69290Positive News
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.0513 of 5 stars
$16.22
+1.2%
$18.11
+11.7%
+2.6%$2.71B$986.48M73.72750Positive News
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.4428 of 5 stars
$31.54
+1.4%
$32.00
+1.5%
-2.0%$3.41B$825.86M26.50340Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.419 of 5 stars
$41.62
-0.3%
$38.55
-7.4%
+18.2%$4.92B$1.14B22.62260Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
1.7196 of 5 stars
$8.46
+1.4%
$8.67
+2.5%
-10.6%$1.05B$570.32M-15.37150Positive News
SLG
SL Green Realty
1.928 of 5 stars
$56.86
0.0%
$67.29
+18.3%
-8.8%$4.06B$886.27M-105.301,221
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
4.369 of 5 stars
$38.09
+1.4%
$37.90
-0.5%
+17.0%$7.30B$1.79B9.432,996Positive News

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